Final line-ups for the All-Star Game have been determined
Team West:defensemen – Staffan Kronwall (Lokomotiv), Ilya Gorokhov (Dynamo
Moscow); forwards – Mikhail Varnakov (Torpedo), Artyom Anisimov (Lokomotiv),
Mikhail Grabovsky (CSKA).
Team East:defensemen – Aleksey Yemelin (Ak Bars), Viktor Hedman (Barys); forwards
– Aleksey Morozov (Ak Bars), Tomas Zaborsky (Avangard), Aleksandr Perezhogin
(Avangard).
Donbass’ forward Yevgeny Dadonov
will not be able to take part in the All-Star Game due to his team’s
participation in the IIHF Continental Cup which is scheduled to take place in
Donetsk, Ukraine from January 11 to January 13. Niklas Bäckström will take Dadonov’s place in Team West’s second line.
Here’s another look at the final
line-ups for both teams.
Team West: goaltenders – Semyon Varlamov (Lokomotiv), Vasily Koshechkin
(Severstal); defensemen – Zdeno Chara (Lev), Aleksandr Ryazantsev (Severstal),
Kevin Dallman (SKA), Andrey Markov (Vityaz), Staffan Kronwall (Lokomotiv), Ilya
Gorokhov (Dynamo Moscow); forwards – Pavel Datsyuk (CSKA), Aleksandr Ovechkin (Dynamo
Moscow), Ilya Kovalchuk (SKA), Aleksandr Radulov (CSKA), Vladimir Tarasenko (SKA),
Niklas Bäckström (Dynamo Moscow), Mikhail Varnakov (Torpedo), Artyom Anisimov
(Lokomotiv), Mikhail Grabovsky (CSKA).
Team East: goaltenders –Michael Garnett(Traktor), Konstantin Barulin (Ak Bars); defensemen – Ilya Nikulin
(Ak Bars), Sergey Gonchar (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Renat Mamashev
(Neftekhimik), Anton Belov (Avangard), Aleksey Yemelin (Ak Bars), Viktor Hedman
(Barys); forwards – Yevgeny Malkin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk),Yevgeny
Kuznetsov(Traktor), Sergey Kostitsyn (Avangard), Sergey
Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Jori Lehterӓ (Sibir), Jakub Petruzalek (Amur),
Aleksey Morozov (Ak Bars), Tomas Zaborsky (Avangard), Aleksandr Perezhogin (Avangard).
Official All-Star Game websitewill host the poll where every fan will get to choose
the captains of both participating teams. The voting will take place from January 7 until January 11.